Trump and Vance blast Zelensky in explosive Oval Office meeting

Friday, February 28, 2025

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Trump and Vance explode at Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky in high-stakes Oval Office meeting, Sheriff says Gene Hackman's pacemaker stopped on Feb 17, and Texas measles outbreak grows.

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U.S. residents are being encouraged not to spend any money on Friday in what has been described as a 24-hour "economic blackout".

Grassroots organization, the People's Union USA, is the leading the protest against what the group's founder sees as the malign influence of billionaires, big corporations and major political parties on the lives of working Americans.

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A jury outside of Chicago convicted an Illinois man on Friday of murder and hate crime charges for the fatal 2023 stabbing of a Palestinian-American boy who lived on his property, an attack prosecutors said was fueled by anti-Muslim hate amid the Israel-Hamas war.

Joseph M. Czuba, 73, faces up to life in prison for the attack on Wadee Alfayoumi, 6, and his mother, Hanan Shaheen, who was injured.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

"Let's cut to the chase: The president of the United States is a coward who is Vladimir Putin's puppet."

Democratic members of Congress blasted Donald Trump and JD Vance for publicly lashing out at Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky in a volatile Oval Office meeting.

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